Example sentences of "certainly do [not/n't] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I certainly did n't particularly enjoy it i in the final year . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , she certainly did n't today , ’ said Thomas . |
| 3 | I certainly did n't when I applied to work there . |
| 4 | Now Lady Mendl was after all a highly successful professional decorator , and whatever her sumptuous simplicities in the matter of table decoration — a little white Ming rabbit at each guest 's place , a remnant of sixteenth-century French green silk brocade used as a tablecloth , one flawless magnolia on the tea tray ( the photograph of her butler carrying this same tray alone makes a copy of the book worth searching for ) — she certainly did n't seriously intend playing them down . |
| 5 | We do not need to reach firm answers to these questions to see that the realities of British politics — both the process of electing a parliament and the relation of that elected body to those who actually form and control the machinery of state — certainly do not neatly correspond to or embody the original notion of government by the people or the people 's representatives . |
| 6 | The results — see Table 4.3 — are not conclusive but they certainly do not clearly support any suggestion that action clients were more problematic . |
| 7 | Commerce can be seen to be more closely regulated from the late seventh and eighth centuries onwards in the form of manufacturing and trading centres ( Hodges 1982a ) , although these certainly do not necessarily imply free trade ; in fact , quite the opposite , for the evidence from Saxon Southampton , Hamwic , indicates that the craftsman there were as tied and organised as the rural ‘ peasantry ’ . |
| 8 | " Slips of the pen " happen more often than we might suppose and certainly do not necessarily indicate carelessness , idleness or ignorance . |
| 9 | Horses certainly do n't instinctively like being patted : a pat is the closest gesture we can make to a kick . |
| 10 | Richard Saunher of the Organization of American States ' Department of Regional Development informed the April 1987 Sustainable Development Conference , in London , that ‘ a concern for sustainable development certainly does not consciously guide our work . |
| 11 | Even the most generous interpretation of the figures reveals a very modest increase in funding and it most certainly does not even begin to compensate for ten years of cuts . |
| 12 | Well , in reality , it certainly does n't very often feel like it . |